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Henry McKenna
NFL Reporter
You can ask Patrick Mahomes what it was like operating his offense last season. He’ll tell you. “It wasn’t fun,” he said during training camp.
He sure seemed to enjoy himself on Thursday night.
After the Kansas City Chiefs’ Week 1 win over the Baltimore Ravens, Mahomes was cracking jokes and flashing smiles during his press conference. He went so far as to suggest that Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely “should wear white cleats next time” to get the call to go his way on the final game-losing play where his toe (in black cleats) was visibly out of bounds against the white end zone line. That play clinched the victory for the Chiefs.
And then when he was asked about getting his hands dirty (and risking injury) while shoving running back Isiah Pacheco into the end zone for a touchdown?
“I feel like I should get half a touchdown as well,” said Mahomes.
There’s no mystery why Mahomes was in such a good mood.
His offense is back.
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Mahomes didn’t even play that well. His teammates did, and that seemed to be what mattered to him in evaluating the team’s season-opening win.
For the past two seasons — and last season in particular — the Chiefs have not made full use of Mahomes’ unique set of skills. It was like asking Max Verstappen to drive a go-cart — or, for all you non-F1 fans, it was like asking Taylor Swift to not sing “Cruel Summer.” Even if you’re not an F1 person or you’re not a Swifty, you get it: Mahomes needs to be able to throw the deep ball in addition to the quick game and the backyard ball. He needs a pass-catchers who help him make use of every part of the field at any given moment.
For the past two years, the biggest missing ingredient has been the deep game.
It’s why Mahomes was urgently implementing rookie receiver Xavier Worthy and veteran wideout Hollywood Brown into the offense during training camp….
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Publish date : 2024-09-09 15:16:20
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